The Angry Summer: Puppetry in Motion

Visit the gallery throughout the day to watch their performance film, a production based on Idris Davies’ epic poem ‘The Angry Summer’, and interviews with the students as they discuss their creative process. 

Marking the centenary of the miners’ strike of 1926, RWCMD presents a short film featuring scenes from their recent puppetry adaptation of Idris Davies' poetry book 'The Angry Summer' which illustrated the plight of the miners and their families. 

  

Visit the gallery to see the film, meet the puppets, and find out more about the creative process behind this work with director Hazel Pring and puppet makers Elowen Packer, Ryan Dai, Shelly Wang and Simona Roeva.

Drop-in at 13:00 and 15:00 to meet the performers.

Based on The Angry Summer by Idris Davies 

Adapted by Hazel Pring & Molly Morgan 

Director Hazel Pring & Max Dickinson 

Music Director Max Dickinson 

Devised By Deio Williams, Dora Croally, Hazel Pring, Mabel Westwood, Max Dickinson, Molly Morgan & Night Akter 

Music by Max Dickinson & Rhian Hutchings
Sound Design Max Dickinson & Rhian Hutchings 

Puppet Design Deio Williams & Dora Croally 

Set Design Mabel Westwood 

Scenic Artists | Construction Mabel Westwood, Vanessa Suen & Hazel Pring 

Lighting Design Thaddeus Leong & Yiling Liu 

Costume Design Hazel Pring 

Puppetry Supervisor Ruby Gibbens 

Costume Supervisor | Pattern Cutter Haoran (Sunny) Huang
Puppet Makers Elowen Packer, Ryan Dai, Shelly Wang & Simona Roeva 

Diorama Makers Heather Shaw & Zach Moore 

Film Director Hannah Noone
Videographer Andy Pike
Editor Andy Pike

Supported by the Colwinston Charitable Trust